David Andrew Taylor is a retired professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player who played for the Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings

The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 from 1977–94. He was previously the Kings' general manager from 1997 to 2006. Taylor currently is the Director of Player Personnel with the St. Louis Blues.

Playing career

Taylor played collegiate hockey at Clarkson University

Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey

The Clarkson Golden Knights Men's Ice Hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Clarkson University. The Golden Knights are a member of ECAC Hockey...

, where he still holds the school record for career points (251) goals (98) and assists (153) as well as single season goals (41) assists (67) and points (108) in the 1976–77 campaign; in comparison, opposing teams scored a combined 127 goals on Clarkson that year.

Taylor was a member of the Triple Crown Line along with centre

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

 Marcel Dionne

Marcel Dionne

Marcel Elphege "Little Beaver" Dionne is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers...

 and left winger

Winger (ice hockey)

Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

 Charlie Simmer

Charlie Simmer

Charles Robert Simmer is a retired ice hockey forward, most notably for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League, who was notable for his scoring and power play prowess.-Playing career:...

. All three scored more than 100 points in the 1980–81 season with the Kings; Taylor scored 112 points that season (with Dionne and Simmer scoring 135 and 105 points, respectively). He holds the Kings record for games played with 1,111 and served as team captain

Captain (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, each team can designate an official captain for each game. The player serving as captain during the game wears a "C" on his or her jersey...

 from 1985-1989.

Taylor is the lowest-drafted player to net 1,000 career points, drafted in the 15th round (210th overall) of the 1975 NHL draft. The Los Angeles Kings have retired #18 in his honor.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1974–75	Clarkson University Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey The Clarkson Golden Knights Men's Ice Hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Clarkson University. The Golden Knights are a member of ECAC Hockey...	ECAC ECAC Hockey League ECAC Hockey is one of the five NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. This relationship ended in...		32	20	34	54	—		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Clarkson University	ECAC		31	26	33	59	—		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Clarkson University	ECAC		34	41	67	108	—		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Fort Worth Texans Fort Worth Texans The Fort Worth Texans were a professional ice hockey team based in Fort Worth, Texas. They started play in 1967 as the Fort Worth Wings, a minor league affiliate for the Detroit Red Wings. They were part of the Central Hockey League and played their home games at Will Rogers Coliseum...	CHL		7	2	4	6	2		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...	NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...		64	22	21	43	47		2	0	0	0	5
1978–79	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		78	43	48	91	124		2	0	0	0	2
1979–80	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		61	37	53	90	72		4	2	1	3	4
1980–81	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		72	47	65	112	130		4	2	2	4	10
1981–82	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		78	39	67	106	130		10	4	6	10	20
1982–83	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		46	21	37	58	76		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		63	20	49	69	91		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		79	41	51	92	132		3	2	2	4	8
1985–86	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		76	33	38	71	110		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		67	18	44	62	84		5	2	3	5	6
1987–88	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		68	26	41	67	129		5	3	3	6	6
1988–89	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		70	26	37	63	80		11	1	5	6	19
1989–90	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		58	15	26	41	96		6	4	4	8	2
1990–91	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		73	23	30	53	148		12	2	1	3	12
1991–92	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		77	10	19	29	63		6	1	1	2	20
1992–93	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		48	6	9	15	49		22	3	5	8	31
1993–94	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		33	4	3	7	28		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				1111	431	638	1069	1589		92	26	33	59	145

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